2018 Kansas City Royals

58-104 • .358 Win% • 5th in AL C

The 2018 Kansas City Royals went 58-104 (.358) finishing 5th in the AL C division. The club scored 638 runs, allowed 833, and played home games at Kauffman Stadium. Team leaders included Salvador Perez (27 HR, 80 RBI) and Jakob Junis (9-12, 4.37 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

58 Wins
104 Losses
.358 Win %
5th Rank
638 R 833 RA
Diff -195

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638 Runs Scored
833 Runs Allowed
-195 Run Diff
1,665K Attendance

📈 vs. 2018 AL Average

Batting Avg .245 2% below the 2018 league average (.249)
OBP .305 4% below the 2018 league average (.318)
SLG .391 6% below the 2018 league average (.415)
Team ERA 4.94 16% worse than the 2018 league average (4.27)
Runs Scored 638 13% below the 2018 league average (733 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumKauffman Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,665,107
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Avg per Game 20,556

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2018

Batting Avg

1 Jon Jay 0.307 2 Whit Merrifield 0.304 3 Adalberto Mondesi 0.276 4 Brian Goodwin 0.266 5 Jorge Soler 0.265

Home Runs

1 Salvador Perez 27 2 Mike Moustakas 20 3 Adalberto Mondesi 14 4 Lucas Duda 13 5 Alex Gordon 13

RBI

1 Salvador Perez 80 2 Mike Moustakas 62 3 Whit Merrifield 60 4 Alex Gordon 54 5 Lucas Duda 48
2018 Kansas City Royals — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Whit Merrifield 158 632 88 192 43 3 12 60 61 114 45 0.304
Salvador Perez 129 510 52 120 23 0 27 80 17 108 1 0.235
Alex Gordon 141 506 56 124 24 0 13 54 50 124 12 0.245
Alcides Escobar 140 485 54 112 22 3 4 34 29 74 8 0.231
Mike Moustakas 98 378 46 94 21 1 20 62 30 63 3 0.249
Hunter Dozier 102 362 36 83 19 4 11 34 24 109 2 0.229
Lucas Duda 87 310 34 75 12 1 13 48 24 95 1 0.242
Adalberto Mondesi 75 275 47 76 13 3 14 37 11 77 32 0.276
Rosell Herrera 75 265 25 63 14 3 1 20 19 52 3 0.238
Jon Jay 59 238 28 73 9 2 1 18 19 39 3 0.307
Jorge Bonifacio 69 236 31 53 16 2 4 23 29 71 0 0.225
Jorge Soler 61 223 27 59 18 0 9 28 28 69 3 0.265
Drew Butera 52 149 11 28 9 0 2 18 13 37 0 0.188
Ryan O'Hearn 44 149 23 39 10 2 12 30 20 45 0 0.262
Abraham Almonte 50 134 15 24 1 2 3 9 15 36 2 0.179
Ryan Goins 41 115 10 26 8 1 0 6 4 29 0 0.226
Brett Phillips 36 112 13 21 4 2 2 7 9 50 1 0.188
Cheslor Cuthbert 30 103 11 20 2 0 3 7 11 23 0 0.194
Brian Goodwin 27 94 11 25 5 0 3 13 6 31 1 0.266
Paulo Orlando 25 90 6 15 3 0 0 5 3 25 0 0.167
Cam Gallagher 22 63 5 13 3 0 1 7 3 15 0 0.206
Ramon Torres 9 28 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.179
Meibrys Viloria 10 27 4 7 2 0 0 4 1 9 0 0.259
Heath Fillmyer 17 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.250
Jason Hammel 39 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Brad Keller 41 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Eric Skoglund 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Danny Duffy 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Jakob Junis 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ian Kennedy 22 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Brian Flynn 48 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tim Hill 70 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jason Adam 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Barlow 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Blaine Boyer 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Justin Grimm 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kelvin Herrera 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ben Lively 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jorge Lopez 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brandon Maurer 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kevin McCarthy 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jake Newberry 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Trevor Oaks 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Wily Peralta 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Enny Romero 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Burch Smith 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Glenn Sparkman 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Eric Stout 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jerry Vasto 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2018

ERA

1 Brad Keller 3.08 2 Kevin McCarthy 3.25 3 Wily Peralta 3.67 4 Brian Flynn 4.04 5 Heath Fillmyer 4.26

Wins

1 Jakob Junis 9 2 Brad Keller 9 3 Danny Duffy 8 4 Kevin McCarthy 5 5 Heath Fillmyer 4

Strikeouts

1 Jakob Junis 164 2 Danny Duffy 141 3 Ian Kennedy 105 4 Brad Keller 96 5 Jason Hammel 92
2018 Kansas City Royals — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jakob Junis 9 12 4.37 30 30 0 177.0 182 86 43 164
Danny Duffy 8 12 4.88 28 28 0 155.0 161 84 70 141
Brad Keller 9 6 3.08 41 20 0 140.1 133 48 50 96
Jason Hammel 4 14 6.02 39 18 0 127.0 168 85 39 92
Ian Kennedy 3 9 4.66 22 22 0 119.2 125 62 40 105
Heath Fillmyer 4 2 4.26 17 13 0 82.1 78 39 32 57
Burch Smith 1 6 6.92 38 6 0 78.0 90 60 40 77
Brian Flynn 3 5 4.04 48 0 1 75.2 87 34 35 47
Kevin McCarthy 5 4 3.25 65 0 0 72.0 70 26 20 46
Eric Skoglund 1 6 5.14 14 13 0 70.0 66 40 19 49
Tim Hill 1 4 4.53 70 0 2 45.2 46 23 14 42
Glenn Sparkman 0 3 4.46 15 3 0 38.1 47 19 15 27
Wily Peralta 1 0 3.67 37 0 14 34.1 28 14 23 35
Jorge Lopez 2 4 6.35 7 7 0 34.0 41 24 9 23
Jason Adam 0 3 6.12 31 0 0 32.1 30 22 15 37
Brandon Maurer 0 4 7.76 37 0 1 31.1 42 27 25 31
Kelvin Herrera 1 1 1.05 27 0 14 25.2 19 3 2 22
Blaine Boyer 2 1 12.05 21 0 1 21.2 32 29 13 9
Scott Barlow 1 1 3.60 6 0 0 15.0 16 6 3 15
Trevor Oaks 0 2 7.24 4 2 0 13.2 21 11 6 10
Jake Newberry 2 0 4.73 14 0 0 13.1 13 7 9 11
Justin Grimm 1 3 13.50 16 0 0 12.2 17 19 14 8
Ben Lively 0 1 1.35 5 0 0 6.2 7 1 5 5
Enny Romero 0 0 20.25 4 0 0 4.0 11 9 2 3
Jerry Vasto 0 1 2.45 5 0 0 3.2 3 1 1 3
Eric Stout 0 0 23.14 3 0 0 2.1 7 6 2 2
Drew Butera 0 0 54.00 1 0 0 0.1 2 2 3 0

👥 Roster (49)

Jason Adam Abraham Almonte Scott Barlow Jorge Bonifacio Blaine Boyer Drew Butera Cheslor Cuthbert Hunter Dozier Lucas Duda Danny Duffy Alcides Escobar Heath Fillmyer +37 more

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The 2018 Kansas City Royals in brief

The record for the 2018 Kansas City Royals reads 58 wins and 104 losses, good for 5th in the AL Central. The run column shows 638 for and 833 against. At the plate the Kansas City Royals hit .245, 2% worse than the league's .249. The Kansas City Royals staff finished with a 4.94 ERA; the league as a whole was at 4.27. Measured against the 733-run league average, the offense was 13% behind.

Home games were played at Kauffman Stadium, where 1,665,107 fans came through the gates. Salvador Perez led the club in home runs with 27. Whit Merrifield collected the most hits, 192. Brad Keller was the top winner, with 9 victories. The strikeout leader was Jakob Junis with 164. The saves leader was Kelvin Herrera with 14.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2018 Kansas City Royals

What was the 2018 Kansas City Royals record?
The 2018 Kansas City Royals finished 58-104 (.358 win pct).
Who led the 2018 Kansas City Royals in home runs?
Salvador Perez led the 2018 Kansas City Royals with 27 home runs.
What was the 2018 Kansas City Royals team ERA?
The 2018 Kansas City Royals posted a team ERA of 4.94.
Did the 2018 Kansas City Royals win the World Series?
No. The 2018 Kansas City Royals did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2018 Kansas City Royals play?
The 2018 Kansas City Royals played home games at Kauffman Stadium.
Who led the 2018 Kansas City Royals in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Salvador Perez (27 HR, 80 RBI) and Jakob Junis (9-12, 4.37 ERA).
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